...less than 20%–and in two recent years, less than 7% and 4%, respectively–of the money raised by Freedom Alliance went to these causes, while millions of dollars went to expenses, including consultants and apparently to ferret the Hannity posse of family and friends in high style. And, despite Hannity’s statements to the contrary on his nationally syndicated radio show, few of the children of fallen soldiers got more than $1,000-$2,000, with apparently none getting more than $6,000, while Freedom Alliance appears to have spent tens of thousands of dollars for private planes. Moreover, despite written assurances to donors that all money raised would go directly to scholarships for kids of the fallen heroes and not to expenses, has begun charging expenses of nearly $500,000 to give out just over $800,000 in scholarships.
Huffington Post has picked up on this story that I initially saw over at Daily Kos over 2 years ago. What's taken people so long to actually tackle this issue?
Conservatives love to use the military as a stick with which to beat people into submission so they don't have to defend their own ideological failings. And Sean Hannity has got a lot of people in on this - namely Oliver North - and they are all complicit in using the lives of not only American soldiers but of their families as well.
Let's see how the other "troop loving" conservatives take on this issue. Malkin, Morrissey, Allahpundit - I'm looking at you three in particular.
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